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Committee’s website: https://

www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/ 

about-us/state-all-payer-claimsdatabases-advisory-committee. 

Dated: June 29, 2021. 

Ali Khawar, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14287 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0146] 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection; Refuge Alternatives for 

Underground Coal Mines 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance request for 

comment to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. This request helps to ensure that: 

Requested data can be provided in the 

desired format; reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized; 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood; and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA) is soliciting comments on the 

information collection for Refuge 

Alternatives for Underground Coal 

Mines. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

on or before September 7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comment 

as follows. Please note that late, 

untimely filed comments will not be 

considered. 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments in the following 

way: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

for docket number MSHA–2021–0023. 

Comments submitted electronically, 

including attachments, to https://

www.regulations.gov will be posted to 

the docket, with no changes. Because 

your comment will be made public, you 

are responsible for ensuring that your 

comment does not include any 

confidential information that you or a 

third party may not wish to be posted, 

such as your or anyone else’s Social 

Security number or confidential 

business information. 

• If your comment includes 

confidential information that you do not 

wish to be made available to the public, 

submit the comment as a written/paper 

submission. 

Written/Paper Submissions: Submit 

written/paper submissions in the 

following way: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit 

DOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. 

• MSHA will post your comment as 

well as any attachments, except for 

information submitted and marked as 

confidential, in the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Senk, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

MSHA, at 

MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov 

(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202) 

693–9441 (facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes 

MSHA to collect information necessary 

to carry out its duty in protecting the 

safety and health of miners. Further, 

section 101(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 

811, authorizes the Secretary of Labor to 

develop, promulgate, and revise as may 

be appropriate, improved mandatory 

health or safety standards for the 

protection of life and prevention of 

injuries in coal or other mines. 

Each underground coal mine has an 

emergency response plan (ERP) and 

refuge alternatives (RA) that protect 

miners when escape from a mine during 

a mine emergency is not possible by 

providing secure spaces with isolated 

atmospheres that create life-sustaining 

environments. 

Title 30 CFR 75.1506 requires mine 

operators to provide RAs. 

Section 75.1507 requires the 

development and implementation of 

ERP. It requires that the ERP provide 

detailed information about the RAs used 

in the mine. This information assists 

miners, supervisors, emergency 

responders, and MSHA in ensuring that 

all essential preparations are made and 

required materials are readily available 

and in working order. A mine operator 

may notify the District Manager and 

update the existing ERP if there is a 

need to locate an RA in a different 

location than the one identified in the 

ERP for that mine (as required by 

section 75.1506(c)(2)). 

Section 75.1508 requires the mine 

operator to certify that persons assigned 

to examine, maintain, and repair RAs 

and components are trained for those 

tasks. Training certifications assist 

MSHA in determining that persons 

received the required training. The 

training certification for persons 

assigned to examine RAs is integrated 

into existing requirements for preshift 

examinations of the mine under section 

75.360 (OMB 1219–0088). The training 

certification for persons assigned to 

maintain and repair RAs is included in 

this package under section 75.1508(a). 

Section 75.1508(b) requires a record 

of any maintenance and repair 

performed on an RA. This record assists 

MSHA in identifying design flaws or 

other weaknesses in the RA or its 

components that could adversely impact 

the safety of miners. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed information 

collection related to Refuge Alternatives 

for Underground Coal Mines. MSHA is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Suggest methods to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Background documents related to this 

information collection request are 

available at https://regulations.gov and 

at DOL–MSHA located at 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This information collection request 

concerns provisions for Refuge 


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Alternatives for Underground Coal 

Mines. MSHA has updated the data 

with respect to the number of 

respondents, responses, burden hours, 

and burden costs supporting this 

information collection request from the 

previous information collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0146. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 3. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 27. 

Annual Burden Hours: 73 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $17. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the proposed 

information collection request; they will 

become a matter of public record and 

will be available at https://

www.reginfo.gov. 

Jessica Senk, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14297 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petitions for Modification of 

Application of Existing Mandatory 

Safety Standards; Correction 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health 

Administration published a notice in 

the Federal Register of June 25, 2021, 

that concerned summaries of three 

petitions for modification. The notice 

contained incorrect docket numbers 

used to identify the respective petitions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica D. Senk, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

MSHA, at senk.jessica@dol.gov (email), 

202–693–9440 (voice), or 202–693–9441 

(fax). These are not toll-free numbers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2021–13544, appearing on 

page 33773 in the Federal Register of 

June 25, 2021, the following corrections 

are made under II. Petitions for 

Modification: 

1. On page 33773, in the second 

column, the ‘‘Docket Number: M–2021– 

016–C.’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Docket 

Number: M–2021–019–C.’’ 

2. On page 33775, in the second 

column, the ‘‘Docket Number: M–2021– 

017–C.’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Docket 

Number: M–2021–020–C.’’ 

3. On page 33777, in the second 

column, the ‘‘Docket Number: M–2021– 

018–C.’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Docket 

Number: M–2021–021–C.’’ 

Dated: June 28, 2021. 

Jessica Senk, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14284 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4520–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0004] 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection; Roof Control Plan for 

Underground Coal Mines 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance request for 

comment to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. This request helps to ensure that: 

Requested data can be provided in the 

desired format; reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized; 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood; and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA) is soliciting comments on the 

information collection for Roof Control 

Plan for Underground Coal Mines. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

on or before September 7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comment 

as follows. Please note that late, 

untimely filed comments will not be 

considered. 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments in the following 

way: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

for docket number MSHA–2021–0006. 

Comments submitted electronically, 

including attachments, to https://

www.regulations.gov will be posted to 

the docket, with no changes. Because 

your comment will be made public, you 

are responsible for ensuring that your 

comment does not include any 

confidential information that you or a 

third party may not wish to be posted, 

such as your or anyone else’s Social 

Security number or confidential 

business information. 

• If your comment includes 

confidential information that you do not 

wish to be made available to the public, 

submit the comment as a written/paper 

submission. 

Written/Paper Submissions: Submit 

written/paper submissions in the 

following way: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit 

DOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. 

• MSHA will post your comment as 

well as any attachments, except for 

information submitted and marked as 

confidential, in the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Senk, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

MSHA, at 

MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov 

(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202) 

693–9441 (facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes 

MSHA to collect information necessary 

to carry out its duty in protecting the 

safety and health of miners. Further, 

section 101(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 

811, authorizes the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to develop, promulgate, and 

revise as may be appropriate, improved 

mandatory health or safety standards for 

the protection of life and prevention of 

injuries in coal or other mines. 

Section 302(a) of the Mine Act 

requires that a roof control plan and 

revisions thereof suitable to the roof 

conditions and mining system of each 

coal mine be first approved by the 

Secretary before implementation by the 

operator. The plan must show the type 

of support and spacing approved by the 

Secretary, and the plan must be 

reviewed at least every 6 months by the 

Secretary. 

This information collection addresses 

the recordkeeping associated with: 

75.215 Longwall mining systems; 

75.220(a)(1)—Roof control plan; 

75.221(1)(2)—Roof control plan 

information; 

75.222(a)—Roof control plan-approval 

criteria; and 


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